Tell the State House to SB 181, which protects Coloradans from dangerous oil & gas pollution. Regional.

Written by Marcia G. Yerman

A new study titled, “Inequity in consumption of goods and services adds to racial-ethnic disparities in air pollution exposure,” has collected data to support the fact that an unequal equation is in play in the US when it comes to the consequences of fine particulate...

Boma Brown-West, Senior Manager, Tom Neltner, Chemicals Policy Director, and Michelle Harvey, Consultant. This is the second in a series evaluating the challenges in single-use food packaging waste. In the late 1980s, the Council of Northeast Governors (CONEG) was concerned that heavy metals in packaging would accumulate in recycled materials to levels that presented serious health concerns. The organization drafted model legislation […]

EDF Seeks Documents about White House Effort to Undermine Climate Science

Statement of Elizabeth Gore, EDF Senior Vice President, on the Senate's Green New Deal Vote

Tom Neltner, J.D. and Boma Brown-West with Maricel Maffini and Michelle Mauthe Harvey This is the second in a series evaluating the challenges in single-use food packaging waste. In the late 1980s, the Council of Northeast Governors (CONEG) was concerned that heavy metals in packaging would accumulate in recycled materials to levels that presented serious […]

Tom Neltner, J.D. and Boma Brown-West with Maricel Maffini and Michelle Mauthe Harvey This is the second in a series evaluating the challenges in single-use food packaging waste. In the late 1980s, the Council of Northeast Governors (CONEG) was concerned that heavy metals in packaging would accumulate in recycled materials to levels that presented serious […]

Written by Moms Clean Air Force

Two industrial fires recently sent thick plumes of black smoke into the air over the Houston area, putting the health and well-being of families at risk. Officials ordered people to shelter in place because of elevated levels of benzene, a known carcinogen. Schools closed. Mothers...

The Trump administration’s federal budget proposal for the 2020 fiscal year reaffirmed the White House’s misguided intent to undercut agencies and programs dedicated to protecting public health, the environment, and our climate. Similar its budget proposals of the last two years, the administration targeted EPA in particular for major reductions. In total, the administration proposed […]

The Trump administration’s federal budget proposal for the 2020 fiscal year reaffirmed the White House’s misguided intent to undercut agencies and programs dedicated to protecting public health, the environment, and our climate. Similar its budget proposals of the last two years, the administration targeted EPA in particular for major reductions. In total, the administration proposed […]

Presidents Trump and Bolsonaro converge on an early 1900’s view of development and environment as a zero-sum game. The more you have of one, the less there is of the other. The economics don’t add up for either of them.

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Presidents Trump and Bolsonaro converge on an early 1900’s view of development and environment as a zero-sum game. The more you have of one, the less there is of the other. The economics don’t add up for either of them.

Presidents Trump and Bolsonaro converge on an early 1900’s view of development and environment as a zero-sum game. The more you have of one, the less there is of the other. The economics don’t add up for either of them.